Avant garde fashion designer\, Walter Van Beirendonck is one
of the most renowned trendsetters of men's fashion. A graduate of the Roya
l Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp\, Walter Van Beirendonck joined the revol
utionary Antwerp Six in 1987\, a collective of influential fashion designer
s. By 1999\, Beirendonck had coined the nickname\, Cultural Ambassador of F
landers.